A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 59 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (37 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -144.3002 West, latitude 69.6546 North, depth = 0 km. Id of earthquake: ak0193l4y7kg. Event ids that are associated: ak0193l4y7kg. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:45:12 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/03/19 / 2019-03-19 08:45:12 / March 19, 2019 @ 8:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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